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| Population | 11,166 (Dec 2010)[1] | |||||||||
| - Density | 39 /km2 (102 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Area | 283.98 km2 (109.65 sq mi)[2] | |||||||||
| Elevation | 1,560 m (5,118 ft) | |||||||||
| Postal code | 7260 Davos-Dorf 7270 Davos-Platz |
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| SFOS number | 3851 | |||||||||
| Surrounded by | Arosa, Bergün/Bravuogn, Klosters-Serneus, Langwies, S-chanf, Susch, Wiesen | |||||||||
| Twin towns | Aspen (USA), Sanada (Japan), Chamonix (France) | |||||||||
| Website | www.gemeinde-davos.ch SFSO statistics |
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Davos (Romansh: Tavau, archaic Italian: Tavate, local German pronunciation [daˈvoːs])[3] is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 11,166 (2010).[1] Davos is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range. At 1,560 m (5,120 ft), it is the highest city in Europe.[4]
Davos is host to the World Economic Forum (WEF), an annual meeting of global political and business elites (often referred to simply as Davos) and the home of one of Switzerland's biggest ski resorts. At the end of every year it serves as the site of the annual Spengler Cup ice hockey tournament, hosted by the HC Davos local hockey team.
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History[link]
The current settlement of the Davos area started back in High Middle Ages with the immigration of Rhaeto-Romans. The village of Davos is first mentioned in 1213 as Tavaus.[5] From about 1280 the barons of Vaz allowed German-speaking Walser colonists to settle down, and conceded them extensive self-administration rights, causing Davos to become the largest Walser settlement area in eastern Switzerland. Natives still speak a dialect that is atypical for Graubünden, showing similarities with German idioms of western parts of Switzerland, especially the Upper Valais.
In 1436, the League of the Ten Jurisdictions was founded in Davos.
From the middle of the 18th century, Davos became a popular destination for the ailing because the microclimate in the high valley was deemed excellent by doctors and recommended for lung disease patients. Robert Louis Stevenson, who suffered from tuberculosis, wintered in Davos in 1880 at the recommendation of his Edinburgh physician Dr. George Balfour. Arthur Conan Doyle wrote an article about skiing in Davos in 1899. A sanatorium in Davos is also the setting of the Thomas Mann novel Der Zauberberg (The Magic Mountain). Between 1936 and 1938, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, then at the end of his life, depicted Davos and the Junkerboden. His painting has a both romantic and pantheistic atmosphere and simplified formal structure.
In the "natural ice" era of winter sports, Davos, and the Davos Eisstadion was a mecca for speed skating. Many international championships were held here, and many world records were set, beginning with Peder Østlund who set four records in 1898. The only European Bandy Championship was held in the town in 1913 with England victorious.[6] Subsequently, Davos became a famous ski resort, especially frequented by tourists from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.[citation needed] After peaking in the 1970s and 1980s, the city settled down as a leading but less high-profile tourist attraction.
Geography[link]
Davos has an area, as of 2006[update], of 254.5 km2 (98.3 sq mi). Of this area, 37.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 19.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (41%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[7]
The municipality is located in the Davos sub-district of the Prättigau/Davos district in the Landwasser valley. In terms of area, it was ever the largest city in Switzerland (until the merged municipality of Glarus Süd in 2010) and the largest in the canton of Graubünden. It consists of the village of Davos which is made up of five sections (Davos-Dorf, Davos-Platz, Frauenkirch, Glaris and Monsteinand) and the hamlets of Laret, Wolfgang, Clavadel and Spina in the main valley. In the side valleys there are additional hamlets including; Flüela, Dischma and Sertig.
Davos lies in a high valley, the connection to Klosters needing a pass of only some 70 m ascent from Davos Dorf. This tiny pass results in a flow direction of the river not corresponding to the main traffic routes of road and railway to the northeast but flowing in a southwesterly direction. Three long side valleys reach out to the south from the main valley.
Demographics[link]
Davos has a population (as of 31 December 2010) of 11,166.[1] As of 2008[update], 23.7% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.[8] Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -5.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (86.3%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 2.8%) and Italian being third ( 2.7%).[7]
As of 2000[update], the gender distribution of the population was 49.1% male and 50.9% female.[9] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Davos is; 1,102 children or 9.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 1,435 teenagers or 12.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 1,733 people or 15.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 1,897 people or 16.6% are between 30 and 39, 1,806 people or 15.8% are between 40 and 49, and 1,498 people or 13.1% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 902 people or 7.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 677 people or 5.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 318 people or 2.8% who are between 80 and 89 there are 49 people or 0.4% who are between 90 and 99.[8]
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 36.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (30.1%), the SP (23.1%) and the CVP (7.4%).[7]
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Davos about 74% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).[7]
Davos has an unemployment rate of 0.85%. As of 2005[update], there were 239 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 86 businesses involved in this sector. 1,118 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 123 businesses in this sector. 5,565 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 615 businesses in this sector.[7]
From the 2000 census[update], 3,950 or 34.6% are Roman Catholic, while 5,321 or 46.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there are 10 individuals (or about 0.09% of the population) who belong to the Christian Catholic faith, there are 439 individuals (or about 3.85% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 274 individuals (or about 2.40% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There are 8 individuals (or about 0.07% of the population) who are Jewish, and 79 (or about 0.69% of the population) who are Islamic. There are 56 individuals (or about 0.49% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 832 (or about 7.29% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 448 individuals (or about 3.92% of the population) did not answer the question.[8]
The historical population is given in the following table:[5]
| year | population |
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| 1850 | 1,680 |
| 1888 | 3,891 |
| 1900 | 8,089 |
| 1930 | 11,164 |
| 1950 | 10,433 |
| 2000 | 11,417 |
| 2009 | 11,248 |
Climate[link]
Davos has an average of 126.7 days of rain per year and on average receives 999 mm (39.3 in) of precipitation. The wettest month is August during which time Davos receives an average of 135 mm (5.3 in) of precipitation. During this month there is precipitation for an average of 13.6 days. The month with the most days of precipitation is June, with an average of 14.2, but with only 120 mm (4.7 in) of precipitation. The driest month of the year is April with an average of 55 mm (2.2 in) of precipitation over 13.6 days.[10]
| Climate data for Davos | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −0.9 (30.4) |
0.6 (33.1) |
3 (37) |
6.1 (43.0) |
11 (52) |
14.3 (57.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
16.3 (61.3) |
14 (57) |
10.6 (51.1) |
3.8 (38.8) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
7.9 (46.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.3 (22.5) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
1.3 (34.3) |
5.9 (42.6) |
9 (48) |
11.3 (52.3) |
10.8 (51.4) |
8.3 (46.9) |
4.7 (40.5) |
−1 (30) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
2.8 (37.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −9.6 (14.7) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
1.2 (34.2) |
4.1 (39.4) |
6.1 (43.0) |
6 (43) |
3.5 (38.3) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−5 (23) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 68 (2.68) |
59 (2.32) |
60 (2.36) |
55 (2.17) |
91 (3.58) |
120 (4.72) |
132 (5.2) |
135 (5.31) |
92 (3.62) |
58 (2.28) |
66 (2.6) |
65 (2.56) |
1,001 (39.41) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 9.7 | 8.3 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 12.6 | 14.2 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 9.5 | 7.3 | 8.9 | 9 | 126.7 |
| Source: MeteoSchweiz [10] | |||||||||||||
Sports[link]
Davos is known in the whole Switzerland for its famous Ice hockey team, which is the HC Davos, who play in the Swiss National League A. Their home arena is the Vaillant Arena.
Besides being famous for cross country skiing, offering some 60 miles (97 km) of pistes and the largest natural ice skating field, there are six main ski areas in winter, adding to a total of 200 miles (320 km) of slopes:
- Parsenn / Gotschna which connects to the partner town of Klosters from Davos Dorf
- Jakobshorn which can be reached from Davos Platz direcly
- Pischahorn which can be reached by frequently running buses into Flüela valley
- Rinerhorn to start from Davos Glaris
- Madrisahorn located in neighbouring Klosters
- Schatzalp is privately owned by the Schatzalp Hotel and a speciality as a "decelerated" skiing area
All areas offer summer transport as well on to the main peaks from mid May until end of October. The remote side valleys heading towards the Engadin area are worth long hikes towards the passes of Sertig or Scalettapass, to for example reach Piz Kesch, an Ultra prominent peak. To the north there is no valleys but a direct ascent to continue across a pass into the "Schanfigg" valley towards the rival resort of Arosa (to be reached in one day) or even continuing to Lenzerheide in a two day hike.[11]
Culture[link]
Davos is home to seven sites that are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance. These heritage sites include the Town Archives, the Kirchner Museum, the Grosses Jenatschhaus (a type of charity house known as a Pfrundhaus) and the Forest Cemetery (Waldfriedhof). Several hotels and spas are also included on the list. The three hotels or former hotels are; Berghotel Schatzalp, the former Grand Hotel Belvédère and the Zürcher Höhenklinik von R. Gaberel.[12]
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Kirchner Museum
Davos hosts annual meetings of the World Economic Forum. The city was featured in an episode of Viva La Bam, when cities around Europe were visited. On 14 March 2003, a festival called Winterjam was held in the city and bands such as Sum 41, Crazy Town, and Guano Apes performed during this event.[13]
Notable residents and people connected to Davos[link]
- Skënder Zogu, born in Davos in 1933, the current first in line of succession to the former Albanian throne.
See also[link]
- Davos Man
- Global Risk Forum GRF Davos
- Lake Davos
- List of ski areas and resorts in Switzerland
- Schwarzsee (Davos)
- The Magic Mountain
- World Economic Forum
References[link]
- ^ a b c Swiss Federal Statistics Office – STAT-TAB Ständige und Nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Region, Geschlecht, Nationalität und Alter (German) accessed 10 December 2011
- ^ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
- ^ Wells, John C. (1990). Longman pronunciation dictionary. Harlow, England: Longman. p. 188. ISBN 0-582-05383-8. entry "Davos"
- ^ Bestmountaintowns.com, Retrieved on 2010-01-27
- ^ a b Davos in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ Web.archive.org
- ^ a b c d e Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 28-Oct-2009
- ^ a b c Graubunden Population Statistics (German) accessed 21 September 2009
- ^ Graubunden in Numbers (German) accessed 21 September 2009
- ^ a b "Temperature and Percipitation Average Values-Table, 1961-1990" (in German, French, Italian). Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology - MeteoSwiss. http://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/web/de/klima/klima_schweiz/tabellen.html. Retrieved 8 May 2009. , the weather station elevation is 1594 meters above sea level.
- ^ (English) Hiking Alps in Switzerland, Davos, Graubünden
- ^ Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance 21.11.2008 version, (German) accessed 28-Oct-2009
- ^ SkisnowboardEurope.com
External links[link]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Davos |
- Davos.ch - Official website tourism information
- The Junkerboden under Snow in Davos from Kirchner, in "your city at the Thuyssen", a Thyssen Museum's project on Flickr
- Pictures Davos
- Municipality of Davos (German) - Official website
- Martin Bundi: Davos in Romansh, German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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I think I might have met you before
I think it's time we settled a score
Buildings there they stretch so tall
Steel and brick no more, no more
Can't I make you see?
Too much history coming down
Another building brought to ground
Roads that come together, memory never severs
The love'll never sever for me
Can't I make you see?
Some cities crush
Some cities heal
Some cities laugh
While other cities steal
Can't I make you see?
Can't I make you see?
Can't I, can't I make you see?
Can't I make you see?
Some cities
Some cities crush
Some cities crush
Well, I - feels like a place I've never been
And, I - feels like a place I've never seen
Oh, somebody's givin' in but I'm not
Somebody's giving it but I'm not
Somebody's giving it a lifetime
Somebody threw you a lifeline
Somebody wakes to the sun in the sky
Others are livin' with hate in their eyes
Oh, the fires that you made and the earth that you walk
The ground beneath and the words that you talk
The fires that we own and the words that we talk
The ground beneath and the earth that we walk
All gone...
And yeah ... there are pictures of the sun
And yeah ... just like sketches of the sun
The color's run
Somebody's givin' in but I'm not
Somebody's giving up a whole lot
Somebody's giving it a long time
Somebody threw me a lifeline
Sometimes it's hard to see things straight
Trying to make sense of a single page
Sometimes you seem to spend your life tryin'
But I'm just looking for my lifeline
The fires that you made and the earth that you walk
The soil beneath and the words that you talk
The fires that we own and the words that we talk
The ground beneath and the earth that we walk
The earth that we walk ... gone
All ... gone
Stars leave the morning
Sleep clouds my view
Don't let them come round here
And call to you
I didn't notice
It's a crime too few
I didn't know it's
It's a crime to feel
And I tried to sleep alone
But I couldn't do it
You could be sitting next to me
And I wouldn't know it
If I told you you were wrong
I don't remember saying
I don't remember saying
I don't remember saying
I'll be a shadow
In the cedar room
And leave just a memory
Alone with you
I didn't see that
It's a call too soon
I couldn't see that
It's a call to you
And I tried to sleep alone
But I couldn't do it
You could be sitting next to me
And I wouldn't know it
If I told you you were wrong
I don't remember saying
I don't remember saying
I don't remember saying
Someday soon you'll know how it feels to love someone
All my love and all my heart go with you
Just look into my eyes and what can you see?
But all my love and all the time keep with me
I'll keep it with me
Someday soon you'll know how it feels to love someone
Someday soon you'll know how it feels to trust someone
Seven days and seven nights have fallen
Empty streets and bright lights he's walking
So why is it the ones we love we can't trust?
We can't trust
Because someday soon you'll know how it feels to love someone
Someday soon you'll know how it feels to trust someone
To trust someone, someone
Belly up in a sea of love
Drowning's good in a sea of funk
Drowning's good in a cedar love
I'll keep you there, I'll keep you there
So long
So long
City lights come back in June
Seems the sun has gone too soon
Miles away from anywhere
Feels so warm in the southern air
So long
So long
So long
It was a day like this and my house burnt down
And the walls were thin and they crashed to the ground
It was a day like this and my life unwound
You could've struck me a line and that's okay now
We could always put it together again
You could've told me a lie, and a lie so thin, so thin
Now everything's clear
Day after day and the life goes on
And I try to see the good in everyone
If I ever find myself here again
I said man, can you help me out?
Bring me back to love
Bring me back to life
Oh why should I care?
I said how, could you keep me out?
Without a wish to share
So without a doubt
Oh why should I care?
Well we have been warned
It's a classic sign
It's a wicked mind
With an axe to grind
Oh when is it our, our turn
So why should we care, care, care?
Yeah we have been warned
It's a classic sign
Why should we care?
If this is our last summer
Oh then why should we care?
If this could be our last summer
Moonshine, I'm waiting
For a love that never comes
Moonshine, wishing
For a time that never was
Waiting for a time
For truth to call
Waiting for a sign
Show me all
Waiting for my love
Moonshine, drinking
To a love that's gone on by
Moonshine, look
Into the stars as cars go by
Waiting for a time
Truth to call
Waiting for a sign
Show my all
I'm waiting for a love
Waiting for a time
Truth to call
Waiting for a sign
Show me all
Waiting for my love
Waiting for a love
Waiting for my love
Waiting for my love
Moonshine, waiting
Back, I'm back in town
In which we're stuck, I couldn't get out
And that old man, will soon be us
Now if we're too late
Not if we can't escape
All of my time,
you were on my mind
And all of my thoughts,
you're so hard to find
And your shadow, it lay across his life
Time, a time in the past
We couldn't care less, wanted to live fast
And our old house, I can't find
'Cause it ain't there
'Cause it ain't there, it's gone
All of my time,
you were on my mind
And all of my love,
you're so hard to find
Out of here, we're out of here
Out of heartache along with fear
There goes the fear again
There goes the fear
And cars speed fast, out of here
And life goes past again so near
There goes the fear again
There goes the fear
Close your brown eyes
And lay down next to me
Close your eyes, lay down
'Cause there goes the fear, let it go
You turn around and life's passed you by
You look to ones you love to ask them why ?
You look to those you love to justify
You turned around and life's passed you by
Passed you by again
And late last night makes up her mind
Another fight left behind
There goes the fear again, let it go
There goes the fear
Close your brown eyes
And lay down next to me
Close your eyes, lay down
'Cause there goes the fear, let it go
You turn around and life's passed you by
You look to ones you love to ask them why ?
You look to those you love to justify
You turned around and life's passed you by
Think of me when you're coming down
But don't look back when leaving town
Think of me when he's calling out
But don't look back when leaving town, yeah
Think of me when you close your eyes
But don't look back when you break all ties
Think of me when you're coming down
But don't look back when leaving town today
There goes the fear again, let it go
There goes the fear, let it go
Think of me when you close your eyes
But don't look back when you break all ties, yeah
Think of me when you're coming down
I want you to know this
My anger's all but done
Sweet Lord, I swear I've seen the darkness
Sweet Lord, I swear I've seen some pain
Satellites ahead
So hold on
?Satellites?, I said
So come on
Here comes a strange cargo
Here comes a light that leaves out of here
Sweet Lord, all I've known is badness
Sweet Lord and all I've known is pain
Satellites ahead
So hold on
?Satellites?, I said
So come on
For seven nights I slept
Hold on
The satellites ahead
So come on
I want you to notice
My anger's all but done
And all I've known is madness
Satellites ahead
So hold on
For seven nights I slept
So come on
So hold on
So come on
So hold on
those eyes they transmit
all your loving
echos light into dark hearts
i would swear I've seen this, left beside me
your eyes they hypnotize
she keeps me here so spellbound
her love pulls me near to stranger ground
I've lost my mind there
this dark magic mirror, spellbound
a heart-shaped face
with words as cold as stone
i can't believe this is my fate
she raised your head
now the night, it's coming down
i accept this fate i accept my love you won't be long
you keep me here so spellbound
your love pulls me near to sacred ground
i lost my mind there
this dark magic mirror, spellbound
and i can't leave now
leave her now (x2)
she keeps me near so spellbound
her love pulls me near to stranger ground
i lost my mind there
this dark magic mirror, spellbound (x2)
Fate, brought you
Brought you next to ghosts
They talk in code
Looking for a way out
I hope, I hope
I hope you want to live a day
And learn to cope
I hope you find what matters
Through the streets and on your own
Almost lost and almost home
We'll be looking all we can
We'll be searching for the Sulphur Man
Pills stopped you
Stopped you feeling life
Fall into a hole
Sympathy and all
A soul in tatters
A soul as black as coal
I hope, I hope
I wish you could find what matters
Through the streets and on your own
Almost lost and almost home
We'll be looking all we can
We'll be searching for the Sulphur Man
Through the streets and on your own
Almost lost and almost home
We'll be looking all we can
We'll be searching for the Sulphur Man
We'll be searching for the Sulphur Man
Through the streets and on your own
Almost lost and almost home
We'll be looking all we can
Johnny be lost
Johnny be calm
Walk away
Don't jump the gun
Cutting the cost
Thinking it through
Look in your own way
Making your own rules
Don't believe
What they say
Johnny be cool, yeah
Johnny be calm
Just the two of us
Makin' fools of us
Just the two of us
Wanna feel again
Kickin' our heels again
Just the two of us
Nothing to lose
So nothing gets lost
Measure the truth
Then measure the cost
So much choice
In trust on
In the universe
Just the two of us
Just the two of us
Just the two of us
Making fools of us
Making fools of us
Wanna feel again
Kickin' our heels again
Get out of bed, pick up the phone, time to tell the press
Say to myself, I can't do no-one else, there's a whole world outside
I'm gonna tell it all, I'm gonna sell it all, I'm gonna sell
Get out of bed, come out and sing
Blue skies ahead, the man who told everything
And I feel, like I'm losin' my head, I didn't mean to stay
Lives have been wrecked, and I've picked up my cheque
Catch a plane out of here
I'm gonna get out of here, I'm gonna get out of here, I'm gonna sell
Get out of bed, come out and sing
Blue skies ahead, the man who told everything
Get out of bed, come out and sing
You weathered the storm
You came out the other side
The place you were born, yeah
Is a place inside
Don't be sad, it's gone
Don't be sad, I'm gone
To weather the storm
Up on your feet again
If it all comes down, yeah
Would you still call this the end?
Don't be sad, it's gone
Can't be sad, for long
Don't give up, be strong
Don't be sad, I'm gone
The night you left the storm
To weather it all
To come out the other side
With the moon all high
I'll see you on the other side
So come out the other side
Wherever you go you will be with me
And when you do talk you'll be talking to me
But just save your words as we walk on by
With the sky full of birds and the dusk approaching
Climb the long grassy track to the top of winter hill
Climb the real rocky track to the top, I'll see you back
I'll see you back on winter hill
Wherever you go you will return safe
And when you will walk you'll be walking with me
But if comes the day you meet someone new
You will be with them but I'll be thinking of you
Climb the long grassy track to the top of winter hill
Stay with me, see so far at the top, I'll see you back
I'll see you back on winter hill
Well, she travels far and we stay apart
But she crossed her heart on winter hill
Climb the long grassy track to the top
We can't turn back, oh
Climb the real rocky track to the top of winter hill
They're throwing rocks and paving stones
So lets go while we can
Put your finger on the map
Who cares where it lands
Cause we're all better off in New York
On the road and out of town
We're moving on again
Everything they say is true
This city is insane
Every possibility
Nothing's left to chance
They're throwing rocks and pavings stones
Who says it has to last?
On the run
Till we're caught in New York
Cause we're all better dead
Than be caught
Maybe best not to talk
Till New York
Cause we're all better off in New York
On the run
Till we're caught in New York
Cause we're all better off
In New York
On the run
Till we're caught
In New York
On the run
Till we're caught
In New York
On the run
Till we're caught
Every day it comes to this
Catch the things you might have missed
You say, get back to yesterday
I ain't ever going back
Back to the place that I can't stand
But I, I miss the way you lie
'Cause I'm always misunderstood
Pulled apart and ripped in two
But I, I miss the way you lie
Catch the sun, before it's gone
Here it comes, up in smoke and gone
Catch the sun, it never comes
Cry in the sand, lost in the fire
'Cause I never really understood
Why I didn't feel so good
But I, I miss the way you lie
'Cause I've always been up and down
Never wanted to hit the ground
But I, I miss the way you lie
Catch the sun, before it's gone
Here it comes, up in smoke and gone
Catch the sun, it never comes
Cry in the sand, lost in the fire
Catch the sun, before it's gone
Here it comes, up in smoke and gone
Catch the sun, it never comes
Cry in the sand, lost in the fire
This is a call a call to all
It goes out to those who've been there
And I should know because I've been
Maybe once a week on Mondays
You should have seen what I've seen
She doubles up and comes back Sundays
And she will come into your heart
It goes on and on and on
Here it comes
Here comes my days in the sun
Here it comes
Here comes my time in the sun
This is the day, this is the time
To stare at the skies in wonder
We live a lie, you'll never find
Never in a month of Sundays
You should have seen what I've seen
He doubles up and comes back Mondays
And he will come into your heart
It goes on and on and on
Here it comes
Here comes my days in the sun
Here it comes
Here comes my time in the sun
And you don't know how it feels
Here it comes
Here comes my time in the sun
Here it comes
Here comes my days in the sun
Here it comes
Here comes my time in the sun
And you don't know how it feels
Here it comes
Inside a heart of summer soul
Don't let them take it away
'Cause inside something solid gold
So don't let throw it away
Words, they meant nothing
So, you can't hurt me
I said words they mean nothing
So, you can't stop me
I said your eyes, they say nothing
So, you can't hurt me
On summer days like these
I said words they mean nothing
So, you can't hurt me
Follow your own path from here
So, don't listen to what they say?
'Cause inside you have a heart of gold
So, don't let them take this away
She's wanna [Incomprehensible]
Words they meant nothing
So, you can't hurt me
On summer days like these
I said words they mean nothing
So, you can't stop me
I said your eyes, they say nothing
So, you can't fault me
I said words they mean nothing
So, you can't hurt me
Inside a heart of pure soul
A sun rising and falling away, like your soul
'Cause here comes something wonderful
So, don't let them throw it away
Words they meant nothing
So, you can't hurt me
On summer days like these
I said words they mean nothing
So, you can't stop me
On summer days like these
I said your eyes, they say nothing
So, you can't stop me
On summer days like these
I said words they mean nothing
On the day the bailiffs came
Took the keys away
Took their home away
And honestly they felt ashamed
They couldn't foresee it
They couldn't believe it
In the hills
The October fields such a secret
And who would believe it
It's a great day for the valleys
It's a great day for them all
She takes her time
Sings of the love
No one believed her
She made the tea
Left all the keys
She's such a seeker
And no one believed her
It's a great day for the valleys
It's a great day for them all
It's a great day, it's a new day
For them all
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
It's a great day for the valleys
It's a great day for them all
It's a great day, it's a new day
For them all
Walk inside, gets noticed
Fears conspire, they won't go away
And I know, and I see
You'll be breaking hearts again
You break me gently
Break me gently
Break me gently
Break my fall in vain
Pain won't go, rest in peace
And I look, and I see
You could be breaking souls again
And I see me, break me gently
Break me gently
Oh who am I supposed to be?
I can't be sure that the next one will see me
And if the sky starts falling on the street outside
The only thing that satisfies
If the sky starts falling on the heads outside
The only thing that keeps me alive
If you see her again, be sure to say hello
Be sure to send my love
Did she seem like before, could you seem above it all?
Be sure to send my love
Wake up, waking up to see
That it's a sign, what will be will be
And if the sky starts falling on the street outside
The only thing that satisfies
If the sky starts falling on the heads outside
The only thing that keeps me alive, alive
I swear I heard her call, call my name
I swear I heard her call, can I move on?
If you see her again, be sure to say hello
Be sure to send my love
Did she seem like before, can't you seem above it all?
Be sure to send my love
I swear I heard her call, call my name
I swear I heard her call, can I move on?
Did she call herself a friend?
Don't call on me again, don't call on me again
Did she seem like before, did she seem above it all?
Bad snow freeze my throat
And numbs my soul
Eats me whole to pick me up
That's where you know
Free to go
You call the Jones
Makes me old before I'm old
It's all you love
Deep inside I go, you love
The less I seem to know, you love
Bad snow numbs my throat
And leaves me dry, leaves me dry
Leaves me barely whole
Down to the wire
Rock gone cold
You caught a cold
Like so many times
Before it's all you love
Deep inside I go, you love
The less I seem to know, you love
Here now, deep inside I go
All the love you stole
All the love you saw
Exposing you
But I am torn
Dark spell, I crave you so
I wanna live but you just won't let me go
We laid up there, in stars
Woke up in the storm
Am I yours?
I'm unsure
And dark spell, you cast me so
I wanna live but you just won't leave me alone
Oh, I'm...
And the wheel keeps turning
But I can't get enough
And the flame keeps burning
But I surrender - love
Oh, yeah!
They say the eyes are like
A window to the soul
I ain't so sure
I see through yours
And my borders are broken, wrong
I just can't protect
And protect them no more
Yeah and the wheel keeps turning - I can't get enough
And the flame is burning
And I surrender - love
Oh, yeah!
Turn your back on another world
Promise yourself - never again
Oh, yeah!
Love
And the wheel keeps turning but I can't get enough
And the sun keeps burning
Stars leave the morning, sleep clouds my view
Don't let them come 'round here and call to you
I didn't notice, it's a crime to few
I didn't notice, it's a crime to feel
And I tried to sleep alone but I couldn't do it
You could be sitting next to me and I wouldn't know it
If I told you, you was wrong, I don't remember saying
I don't remember saying, I don't remember saying
I'll be a shadow in the cedar room
And leave just a memory alone with you
I didn't see that, it's a call too soon
I couldn't see that, it's a call to you
And I tried to sleep alone but I couldn't do it
You could be sitting next to me and I wouldn't know it
If I told you, you was wrong I don't remember saying
I don't remember saying
And I tried to sleep alone but I couldn't do it
You could be sitting next to me and I wouldn't know it
If I told you, you was wrong, I don't remember saying
I don't remember saying, I don't remember saying
And I tried to sleep alone but I couldn't do it
You could be sitting next to me and I wouldn't know it
If I told you, you was wrong, I don't remember saying
I don't remember saying
And I tried to sleep alone but I couldn't do it
You could be sitting next to me and I wouldn't know it
If I told you, you was wrong, I don't remember saying
I don't remember saying
The cedar room
The cedar room
Friday's dust
Turned into a Saturday's
It wasn't meant to be this way
It wasn't meant to end so late
Friday's trust
A deal not brokered honestly
Perhaps it's just a game they played
Tell me they've not flown away
All the hope
And all the wonder
All the strength that they can muster
Won't go, they won't get me down
Their desire
It seems they've got designs on me
They never want me honestly
They try to take me foolishly
All the toys and creature comforts
All the dreams they play can rupture
Won't go
Friday's dust
If you should fall
If you should fall
Far from grace
If you should call on him
Wake up to the music again
You can feel sunlight
In your eyes
Living is so useless 'round here
The city's so dangerous
On your own
How beauty dies young
But if you should fall
Oh, if you should flow
From grace
How beauty, beauty fades
If you should fold
If you should fail
Far from grace
Far from grace
Oh, oh beauty
Drive with me
Do the things, you won't believe
Drive with me
Past the city and down to sea
Crushin' dreams
Leave me be, I cannot sleep
Drive with me
Do the things, you won't believe
Drive with me
Past the city and down to sea
Crushin' dreams
Leave me be, I cannot sleep
Oh, it's the pain
It's ingrained in me
Oh, soothe my pain
So ambition cut you down
Ain't a love as perfect
Everybody knows it
Something drove you down
Something as good
Something new
Somebody good
Our ambition cuts us down
There's not a love that's perfect
But I, I live in hope
Somebody good
Somebody new
Something as good
Something that's mine
Ain't a love that's perfect
Everybody knows it
So close
You're wasted again
I know, somehow
I lost myself again
You're making me high again
I almost forgot myself again
It hits me so hard
It kills me again, today
So close
Yet, you're wasted again
I know, somehow, aah
We'll find ourselves
I don't know, I don't know
Then we'll be high again
I almost forgot myself there
It hits you so hard
An' kills again, aah
Ooh, la, la, la
Ooh, la, la, la, la
I almost forgot myself again
I almost forgot myself there
It's hitting me hard
The car zoomed past, I watched the passers by
Birds flew backwards, yet still arrived
Winter seemed to linger
But now the swallows have arrived
Won't be long until summertime
Walked through woods to the power lines
Saw birds fly backwards in perfect line
Oh, winter seemed to melt now
Now the swallows have arrived
I've seen the place
The place of falling rivers
Where we can breathe again
Let me see
Let me know
Let me see the one
That echoes in your mind
Rain falls, falling on the window
I ain't seen the sun in days
Bring me back
Bring me back the hope we found that day
Seems far far away
And the world we see
Belongs to you and me
If we're lucky - Andalucia
And the love you bring
Won't mean a thing
If you don't win - Andalucia
This place, feels strange
Impossible to remember
You're a 1000 miles away
I can't rest, cannot sleep
I'm feeling numb most days
Can you be the same?
The same dreams
Swimming in the ocean
White surf is all around
I can't think
Well I can't stop to think of her with him
So far far away
All the love you bring
Won't mean a thing
If you don't win - Andalucia
And the world we see
Belongs to you and me
If we're lucky - Andalucia
Andalucia
Andalucia
10:03 on a fast train
A trick of light crossing my eye
A skyward plane calling out your name
Calling out your name
Like the last of those fires, we shall burn into the night
Like a moth to the flame I will turn back again
Oh, I'm coming home, calling out your name
All I've ever known
Distant call down the wire, distant train on the line
I'll return to your side with the push and the pull of the tide
It's all I've ever known, calling out your name
Oh, I'm coming home
Oh, I'm coming home
Coming home
I feel the push of the good
I feel the pull of the baad
I see the good in the misfits
I understood it's got my name on it
Always, are we?
Push me on
Feel it coming back at last
At parties Tina comes round fast
The speedy lover took your heart
Mystique will only get ya, will only get ya so far
Always, are we?
Push me on
I feel no gravity
Push me
Pushing me
Keeps pushing me on
Gravity
Push me on
Tie the mirror to your soul
Rejecting everything you know
You can't go back, the time has come
Turn the switch - turn that switch back on
Always, are we?
Pushes on
I feel no gravity
Push me
Pushing me
Keeps pushing me on
Gravity
Pulling me on
Pushing me
You say something
Ohh, anything'll do my love
There's a girl on the phone
That's the girl who's never home
Say something good
And there's a wilderness of hope
That's the girl on the phone
That's the girl who's never home
And your friends they were so close
Say you will stay
Forgot what I came here for?
Passing signs on the road
Telling me I'm far from home
Strangers out here
Myself, I disappear
That's a killer on a call
That's a man who's workin' alone
Your friends they were so close
One by one they didn't stay
Drift away like rolling sea
One by one they drift away
One of these days
One of these days
And your friends they were so close
One by one they didn't stay
Drift away like rolling seas
Day by day they drift away
And the people that were close
Are the ones you miss the most
One of these days I'll blow away
She stops out till morning
She hangs out at fairgrounds
Moving to a new sound
Waiting to forget the past
A melody calls
Loops around, a setting sun
Time to lose herself again
A melody calls
A setting sun, a melody calls
Time to lose myself again
The words don't come so easy
She can't say what's inside
The sounds they do speak for me
The sounds remain forever
Fuck long sight and Levenshulme
Same goes for Stockport and Hulme
We doing alright, just post-house blues
'Cos this is Northenden in the afternoon
The kids are deranged, they love guns and kidnap
Thats just the way we do things here
The day dies down not a moment too soon
Under the Northenden afternoon
Hey, ooh, who is there?
[Incomprehensible]
Please come, say how do
The things that I can't show to you
A stroke as gentle as a feather
Hey, ooh, who is me?
Am I not young and fair?
Please come, say how do
The things that I can't give to you
Would you have a wondrous sight?
The moon light, the midday sun
At midnight
I'm trying to make some sense of the days
Now that they're all good
Every little thing that they'd say
Well, you know they could
She lies to console
For she cries for a lost soul
You know we're gone
We're all so lost, lost
Said I couldn't get out of bed
Is that the law?
Every little thing that I said
You just can't ignore
She lies to console
For she cries for a lost soul
You know we're gone
'Cuz we're all so lost
You know it's gone, gone
Lost souls
Lost souls
Lost souls
Lost souls
Lost souls
She cries for, she cries for
Lost souls
She cries for the lost souls
Lost souls
We're waiting, the lost souls
Lost souls
I can't stand by and see you destroyed
I can't be here and watch you burn up
Lie for the moment and lie as a decoy
Does it matter if I give in easy?
So why is it so hard to get by?
And I say, we so down
But it's now or never baby
We don't mind if this don't last forever
See the light but it won't last forever
Seize the time 'cause it's now or never baby
Let's leave at sunrise, let's live by the ocean
And I don't mind If we never come home at all
Steal the morning so set in motion
In and out of love and institutions
'Cause I know this can't last for long
And I say, we so down
But it's now or never baby
We don't mind if this don't last forever
See the light but it won't last forever
Seize the time 'cause it's now or never baby
[Incomprehensible]
So why is it so hard to get by?
And I say, we so down
And this can't last forever
In shadows of Salford
You will walk again
The shadows of lovers
All will be quiet then
The roads that your mothers
They would follow down
In shadows of Salford
Let me walk again
The love that you left there
Spoke without a sound
A love was so haunting
Lost and never found
The roads that your mother
They would follow down
For in shadows of Salford
Born on a train nowhere
I was born in a car out there
You were bound to live this life
You were bound to be alive
When I was a young man
I looked up to the ones by my side
I was bound by a love and despair
I was bound by a love and despair
The last son
You gotta a nerve to come back here again
But I guess that's how it goes
You always hurt the ones you know
The last Son
Tell me how you know
When your love wont die but grows
I am that son
Born to a northern star
With the fallow stretching far
I never knew there's another way
I never knew I'd leave this way
Now I'm an older man
Trying to accept the person I'am
I was born to live this way
I was bound to live this way
But I want to see you again
But I guess that's how it goes
You always hurt the love you know
The last son
Tell me how did you know
When your love wont die but grows
The last son
I am that son
Well I wonder how you know
Why your love wont die but grows
But I guess that's how it goes
You gotta learn to let them
Let those people go
Learn to let them go
Drive with me
Do the things you won't believe
Drive with me
Past the city and down to sea
Crushin' dreams
Leave me be, I cannot sleep
Drown with me
Past the city, down to sea
Rush of dream
Leave in peace, let me be
Oh, it's the pain
It's ingrained in me
Oh, I soothe my pain
It's ingrained in me
Drive with me
Seems, seems there's nothing
That you couldn't do with a drink inside of you
Is there nothing you'd not do
With a drink in you?
I've always known that you felt the pain
And it had to start to show
It'd driven you insane, I could lie
But I can't 'cause you know it's so
You tell me, you say
I walk in fire, you walk in fire
You're not free till you
Walk in fire, I walk with fire, I walk in fire
You've always been a loose cannon gone
And the way you were back then, you'd take on anyone
It takes years to accept it all and to be yourself
Well, you tell me, you say
I walk in fire, you walk in fire
Well, you're not free till you
Walk in fire, walk with fire, you walk with fire
On and on and day by day
We fool ourselves, we ain't the same
Everyone who stayed away
Man, I always felt your pain
On and on I tell myself
We fool ourselves, we ain't the same
And everyone who stayed away
Man, I always felt your pain
You tell me, you said
You walk in fire, you walk in fire
You're not free till you
They're throwing rocks and paving stones
So lets go while we can
Put your finger on the map
Who cares where it lands
'Cause we're all better off in New York
On the road and out of town
We're moving on again
Everything they say is true
This city is insane
Every possibility
Nothings left to chance
They're throwing rocks and pavings stones
Who says it has to last?
On the run till we're caught in New York
'Cause we're all better dead than be caught
Maybe best not to talk till New York
'Cause we're all better off in New York
On the run till we're caught in New York
'Cause we're all better off
In New York
On the run till we're caught in New York
On the run till we're caught in New York
The English skyline falls down to the future
But no one noticed in this empire
'Cause I'm the greatest denier and I will cut you if you look
The English bloodline clashes in the sun
No one noticed that we are going down, I frowned
Well, I'm the greatest denier, I can cut you with a look
Clashes in the sun, don't speak of it
I'm the greatest denier
I was the greatest denier and I can cut you with a look
Clashing in the sun, start a revolution
Miles out to sea, swimming back to shore
Just you and me
Miles out in a darker sea, coming back again
Covering me
Blood shivers down
Cover my heart and floodin? the soul
We?ve been lost and found
Everybody?s gotta try and fill that hole
My, oh, my, the water?s deep
The water?s deeper than you and me, yeah
My, oh, my, oh, my, how we speak?
When everybody?s swimming in a darker sea, sail free, yeah
Oh, how is it me
You?re sitting on a shark staring back at me
Out there the shadows fall
Everybody?s waiting for the sun to call
It?s getting hard in this dirty down
Don?t let the fuckless grind you down
My, oh, my, oh, my, where we?re free?
Everyone?s swimming in a darker sea
Sail free, sail free, sail free
He?s eleven miles out
It takes strength get him out
Sail free, sail free
Was thinking about what you said
Was thinking about shame
The funny thing how you said
And it's better not to stay
Sure enough if you feel nothin'
You're better off this way
Gets to the point where you can't breathe
It's the last word I can see you understand
So here we are
At the last broadcast
And here we are
Our last broadcast
Sun on faces made us feel alive
The colors of the sky
Southern trees, made enemies
Who knows the reason why?
Can't escape yourself
You can't just fall away
It comes to the point when you feel nothin'
This is the last time 'cause I can see it in your eyes
And here we are
At the last broadcast
So here we are
Our last broadcast
This is
The last broadcast
And here we are
